Shower Drain Unclogging System

ABSTRACT

A drain unclogging system includes a three way adapter designed to attach to a shower stub inlet. The disclosed system also includes a hose comprising a first end configured to attach to the hose outlet and a second end comprising an attachment for one of a high durometer handle fixture and an extension hose. The disclosed system additionally includes multiple high durometer handle fixtures comprising a drain unclogging spherical head and a toilet unclogging crescent bulbous head. The system of record further includes one of a three way valve in the three way adapter and a volume control valve in each of the high durometer handle fixtures. A method is disclosed for unclogging one of a drain and a toilet trap via a water flow from the three way adapter through the hose and through the one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of Invention

The present invention relates to a Shower Drain Unclogging System.

Description of Related Art

There are many ways to unclog a drain. Most methods use tools like snakes and plungers or involve acids. However, snakes and plungers are messy and hard to operate. Shower drains are especially prone to clogging from hair which resists plunging and conventional methods and tools. There exists a need in the market for a method and system to unclog drains that is both neat and easy to operate.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

A shower drain unclogging system includes a three way adapter designed to attach to a shower stub inlet. The disclosed system also includes a hose comprising a first end configured to attach to the hose outlet and a second end comprising an attachment for one of a high durometer handle fixture and an extension hose. The disclosed system additionally includes multiple high durometer handle fixtures comprising a drain unclogging spherical head and a toilet unclogging crescent bulbous head. The system of record further includes one of a three way valve in the three way adapter and a volume control valve in each of the high durometer handle fixtures. A method is disclosed for unclogging one of a drain and a toilet trap via a water flow from the three way adapter through the hose and through the one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures.

Other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the disclosure will become apparent from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, illustrated by way of example of the principles of the disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a component view of a drain unclogging system via a shower stub in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 depicts a method of unclogging a drain via a shower stub hose, valves and attachments in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 depicts further methods of unclogging a drain via the shower stub hose, valves and attachements in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Throughout the description, same and similar reference numbers may be used to identify same and similar elements depicted in multiple embodiments. Although specific embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated, the invention is not to be limited to the specific forms or arrangements of parts so described and illustrated. The scope of the invention is to be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made to exemplary embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used herein to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the disclosure is thereby intended. Alterations and further modifications of the inventive features illustrated herein and additional applications of the principles of the inventions as illustrated herein, which would occur to one skilled in the relevant art and having possession of this disclosure, are to be considered within the scope of the invention.

The present disclosure uses the water pressure from a shower or faucet to unclog drains. A typical shower head is removed and a 3 way adapter is attached to the shower stub. A hose is attached to the 3 way adapter and the other end is inserted into a drain. Water is run from the shower stub through the system to the drain to unclog it.

FIG. 1 is a component view of a drain unclogging system via a shower stub in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The drawing includes a 3-way adapter A, a first section of long hose B, a valve switch C, a toilet trap unclogger bulbous head D made of a soft rubber or plastic or other low durometer composites, a drain unclogger bulbous head E also made of a soft rubber or plastic, a showerhead option F, a hard handle G, an extension hose H, a first end I of the extension hose and a second end J of the extension hose.

FIG. 2 depicts a method of unclogging a drain via a shower stub hose, valves and attachments in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes attaching 110 a three way adapter to a shower stub, the three way adapter comprising an inlet, a hose outlet and a showerhead outlet. The method also includes attaching 120 a hose first end to the hose outlet, the hose also comprising a second end with an attachment for a high durometer handle fixture. The method additonally includes attaching 130 one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures comprising a shower head, a drain unclogging head and a toilet unclogging bulbous head to the hose second end. The method further includes unclogging 140 one of a drain and a toilet trap via a water flow from the three way adapter through the hose and through the one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures.

FIG. 3 depicts further methods of unclogging a drain via the shower stub hose, valves and attachements in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. The further methods include operating 210 a valve switch located in one or more of the high durometer handle fixtures, the valve switch configured to control a passage of fluid from the hose through the respective head. The further methods also include operating 220 a 3 way valve in the 3 way adapter configured to control a passage of fluid from the inlet to one or more of the hose outlet and the shower head outlet. The further methods additionally include positioning 230 the hose in a substantially straight line from the shower head to a respective drain and toilet trap to bear an accumulated weight of water in the hose on the respective drain and a toilet trap. The disclosed methods further include securing 240 a low durometer bulbous component of the drain unclogging head inside a drain and therefore positioning the hose second end inside the drain. The methods yet include outwardly expanding 250 the toilet unclogging bulbous head to expand outwardly to fill a toilet trap under a pressure from a water flow from the shower stub through the system and therefore passing the water flow pressure into the toilet plumbing without backflow.

Although the operations of the method(s) herein are shown and described in a particular order, the order of the operations of each method may be altered so that certain operations may be performed in an inverse order or so that certain operations may be performed, at least in part, concurrently with other operations. In another embodiment, instructions or sub-operations of distinct operations may be implemented in an intermittent and/or alternating manner.

While the forgoing examples are illustrative of the principles of the present disclosure in one or more particular applications, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous modifications in form, usage and details of implementation can be made without the exercise of inventive faculty, and without departing from the principles and concepts of the invention. Accordingly, it is not intended that the disclosure be limited, except as by the specification and claims set forth herein. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A drain unclogging system comprising: a three way adapter configured to attach to a shower stub and comprising an inlet, a hose outlet and a showerhead outlet; a hose comprising a first detachable end configured to attach to the hose outlet and a second detachable end comprising an attachment for a high durometer handle fixture; and a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures comprising a shower head, a drain unclogging head and a toilet unclogging bulbous head.
 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a valve switch located in one or more of the high durometer handle fixtures, the valve switch configured to control a passage of fluid from the hose through the respective head.
 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the three way adapter further comprises a 3 way valve configured to control a passage of fluid from the inlet to one or more of the hose outlet and the shower head outlet.
 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the hose comprises a nominal 7 foot length configured to bear an accumlated weight of water in the hose on a respective drain and a toilet trap.
 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the drain unclogging head comprises a low durometer bulbuous component configured to secure itself inside a drain and position the hose second end inside the drain.
 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sink unclogging head comprises a low durometer flange and cone-like fixture configured to seal against a sink adjacent a drain thereof and position the hose second end inside the drain.
 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the toilet unclogging bulbous head comprises a low durometer bulbuous component configured to secure itself inside a toilet trap and position the hose second end inside the toilet trap.
 8. The system of claim 1, wherein the toilet unclogging bulbous head is configured in a crescent shape from a low durometer material to deflect and seal inside a toilet trap.
 9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an extension hose having a first end configured to attach to the hose second end and a second end configured to attach to a high durometer handle fixture.
 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the toilet unclogging bulbous head is configured to expand outwardly to fill a toilet trap under a pressure from a water flow from the shower stub through the system and pass the water flow pressure into the toilet plumbing without backflow.
 11. A drain unclogging method comprising: attaching a three way adapter to a shower stub, the three way adapter comprising an inlet, a hose outlet and a showerhead outlet; attaching a hose first end to the hose outlet, the hose also comprising a second end with an attachment for a high durometer handle fixture; attaching one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures comprising a shower head, a drain unclogging head and a toilet unclogging bulbous head to the hose second end; and unclogging one of a drain and a toilet trap via a water flow from the three way adapter through the hose and through the one of a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures.
 12. The method of claim 11, further comprising operating a valve switch located in one or more of the high durometer handle fixtures, the valve switch configured to control a passage of fluid from the hose through the respective head.
 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising operating a 3 way valve in the 3 way adapter configured to control a passage of fluid from the inlet to one or more of the hose outlet and the shower head outlet.
 14. The method of claim 11, further comprising positioning the hose in a substantially straight line from the shower head to a respective drain and toilet trap to bear an accumlated weight of water in the hose on the respective drain and a toilet trap.
 15. The method of claim 11, further comprising securing a low durometer bulbous component of the drain unclogging head inside a drain and therefore positioning the hose second end inside the drain.
 16. The method of claim 11, further comprising sealing the sink unclogging head via a low durometer flange and cone-like fixture against a sink adjacent a drain thereof and therefore position the hose second end inside the drain.
 17. The method of claim 11, further comprising securing the toilet unclogging bulbous head via a low durometer bulbuous component inside a toilet trap and therefore positioning the hose second end inside the toilet trap.
 18. The method of claim 11, further comprising outwardly expanding the toilet unclogging bulbous head to expand outwardly to fill a toilet trap under a pressure from a water flow from the shower stub through the system and therefore passing the water flow pressure into the toilet plumbing without backflow.
 19. The method of claim 11, further comprising attaching an extension hose having a first end configured to attach to the hose second end and a second end configured to attach to a high durometer handle fixture.
 20. A drain unclogging system comprising: a three way adapter configured to attach to a shower stub and comprising an inlet, a hose outlet and a showerhead outlet; a hose comprising a first end configured to attach to the hose outlet and a second end comprising an attachment for one of a high durometer handle fixture and an extension hose; a plurality of high durometer handle fixtures comprising a drain unclogging spherical head and a toilet unclogging crescent bulbous head; and one of a three way valve in the three way adapter and a volume control valve in each of the high durometer handle fixtures. 